Although a player can be penalized for slow play, it happens about as often as my Aunt Theresa spanked her kids. But it does happen, and it happened to Spain’s Carlota Ciganda at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play competition.

Phabulous Phil kept it interesting, alternating brilliance with near disaster.

At 5-foot-10, Lee in no way resembles Matson. They do, however, have something in common: the shot put. Lee was competitive enough to win his regional competition.

Proceeds from this event will benefit academic scholarships for Ball High student-athletes.

I settled on the purchase of what was known as a “half-glove.” Non-golfers will identify with Red Skelton’s Freddie the Freeloader character for a mental image of what that looks like. Golfers will recall they were less expensive and generally more durable than full-fingered gloves.

The Tour is setting aside $40 million to reward its “needle-movers.” The Top 10 needle-movers, that is.

As a member of the Bulldogs golf team back in the mid-1960s, I cannot remember there EVER having been a team championship for the Red and White. I am at once proud of this group and eager to be corrected if I’m wrong about that team championship statement.

Hideki Matsuyama is the 2021 Masters Champion, and he joins a short list of players who have been low amateur and winner of the Green Jacket: Jack Nicklaus, Cary Middlecoff, Ben Crenshaw, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia.

The Friendswood Mustangs are 2021 District 22-5A Champions. Led by Bryce Brazzel’s 76-71, Joe Reyes III, Adam Genzer, Preston Pearson and Evan Lorenz galloped to a team total of 626, trampling second place La Porte by 14 shots.

The Lady Mustangs and the Lady Tors will travel to College Station to compete in the April 19-20 Region III-5A Girls Golf Championship, on the Golf Club of Texas course.

Here’s to the Founders, and to all who have followed the pursuit of their dream.

The dynamic duo are setting standards for those who follow them as they complete their athletic careers locally and prepare to take their talents to Oklahoma.

Moody Gardens and GolfNow are joining together to offer technologies and services “designed to meet the customer service and safety demands of today’s golfer.”

Doctors will do all they can, as will many other health care professionals. At some point, though, it will be up to Woods to put in the work it will take for him to have a shot at once again playing on the PGA Tour.

It all begins April 1 at Magnolia Creek Golf Course, with classes for one hour every Thursday with a start time of 4:30 p.m. Juniors age 4-16 may participate, and the price for four classes is $120. Contact Garrett Vest at garrett.vest@clubcorp.com to sign up.

The use of distance-measuring devices is widespread among recreational golfers, and they have been for years used by professionals and their caddies during practice rounds to gather and record relevant yardages for reference during tournament play.

Like a 12-play drive that takes 8 minutes off the clock in a football game, Brooks Koepka was relentless, firing a six under par final round while Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele scrambled around the course like Patrick Mahomes attempting to escape the Tampa Bay defense.

During the third round of last weekend’s PGA tournament, the eventual winner took an action that afterward he thought might have been a rules violation. He called for an official, who ultimately ruled that the player was not guilty.

If last Sunday’s NFL conference championships had been determined by which quarterback was the best golfer, the guys wearing silver helmets with blue stars would be headed to the Super Bowl. But wait, Tony Romo is rasping in the announcer’s booth and the “Boys from Dallas” are as much a memo…